2016 Speakers

SARA BLAKELY is founder and owner of SPANX, Inc. She founded SPANX in 2000 with $5,000 in savings. A frustrated consumer turned entrepreneur, she created undergarments that revolutionized an industry, and ...

ANNIE E. CLARK is a co-founder of EROC, and a lead complainant in the Title IX and Clery complaints against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in ...

ANITA HILL is University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at Brandeis University. She is a vital leader in both the civil rights and women’s rights movements. In 1993, Hill made sexual ...

GAYLE KING is a co-host of "CBS This Morning,” and editor-at-large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine. King previously hosted "The Gayle King Show," a live, weekday television interview program on OWN: The ...

KEVIN O’LEARY was born to a middle class family in 1954. The combination of his mother’s family heritage as merchants and his father’s Irish charisma truly meant that O’Leary was born for business. He ...

REKHA ABICHANDANI, MD, MS is group vice president clinical development and ...

ALLISON BEBO is senior vice president, human resources with Hologic. She joined ...

JENNY BLAKE is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker ...

LISA BODELL is the founder and CEO of futurethink. She is the best-selling author of ...

JANE BOWMAN is the vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships for Boston ...

KAREN CAHN is the founder and CEO of VProud Labs, a video company that ...

BETH CARLSON is vice president of global talent development and organizational ...

NICOLE CASTILLO the co-founder of BeVisible, a career-building and social media ...

POOJA CHANDRASHEKAR is currently a sophomore at Harvard University concentrating in ...

MALLIKA CHOPRA is a mom, media entrepreneur, public speaker, and published author. ...

BETH CLYMER is the executive vice president of Bain Capital. She joined Bain ...

CAROL FISHMAN COHEN is the CEO and co-founder of iRelaunch. She consults to some of ...

SARA CONAHAN is the director of community and philanthropy at Suffolk ...

CATHERINE CORLEY is senior vice president of global operations with Catalyst. She is ...

THERESA S. CREASEY is the head of the applied solutions strategic marketing and ...

Dina Creiger founded Choose To Be Nice in 2013 following the tragic Boston Marathon ...

DAWN DICKSON is founder and CEO of Flat Out of Heels. She created the rollable ...

MOLLY FLICK is the vice president, North America services, unity lab services with ...

NANCY E. FRATES is the creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge. On March 13, 2011 ...

Yvonne Garcia is senior vice president and Global head of client solutions group and ...

Tali Golanis head of the TripAdvisor Charitable Foundation. From her first ...

HANNAH GROVE is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of State Street ...

CARLA HARRIS is a vice chairman, wealth management, managing director and senior ...

DR. SUSAN HARVEY is the director of breast imaging at Johns Hopkins. She is board ...

MARSHA HAYGOOD is an author, talent development expert and empowerment coach, ...

NORA HERTING is a co-founder and principal at ImageThink, and an award-winning artist ...

Susan Hodgkinsonfounded The Personal Brand Company in 1994. She was the first ...

REIHANEH IRANI-FAMILI is a vice president of business readiness and design at ...

DONNA A. JAMES is a trusted resource and advisor to leaders in the public and ...

CAYTHA JENTIS is an award winning independent filmmaker. Her most recent project is ...

THEA KOCHER has over 11 years’ experience in the luxury beauty industry. She ...

DR. DEBORAH KOLB is Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership ...

IRENE LAM is the vice president of product development for the newly formed ...

STEPHANIE LAMPKIN is the founder & CEO of Blendoor, merit-based matching, a ...

JILL LARSEN is SVP of strategic talent acquisition, people planning, and services HR ...

SHIRLEY LEUNG is a columnist at The Boston Globe, writing on everything from the ...

JESS LIVELY is an online teacher and the host of the podcast, “The Lively Show.” ...

STELLA LOW is the senior vice president of global communications with Dell. She is a ...

Courtney Lynch  is a founding partner of Lead Star. Together with partner Angie ...

HEATHER MAJEWSKI is assistant vice president and head of wellness innovation with ...

JO MALONE has been described as an “English scent maverick,” and is the woman ...

MARGARET A. McKENNA is a lawyer and educator, is a leading expert in educational ...

JAMI WINTZ MCKEON is chair of Morgan Lewis. She directs the firm’s strategic ...

DR. MYECHIA MINTER-JORDAN is president and CEO of The Dimock Center, the largest ...

CAROLYN MUISE is vice president and chief customer officer for voice of the customer ...

HELAINE OLEN is a columnist at Slate, where she writes “The Bills,” a column ...

JENNIE ORRICO serves as Shire’s chief compliance and risk officer, with ...

LAURA ORVIDAS has over 20 years of experience in general management and strategy. ...

JOAN PARSONS is executive vice president, head of specialty banking and a member of ...

TRACY PITCHER serves as senior vice president of the Comcast greater Boston region. ...

JULIE A. PLANCHET is vice president and general manager of the portable analytical ...

LIZ POWERS is the co-founder and chief happiness spreader at ArtLifting, a business ...

APARNA RAYASAM has over 19 years of experience in software engineering, working of ...

TAMI REISS leads the Cyrus team to deliver great results for our clients. She focuses ...

EMILY RIEMER is an award-winning journalist with WCVB. She is a co-anchor for the ...

PAULA RIZZO is the author of “Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, ...

ELIZABETH KOLB ROBILLARD has spent her career in tech startups. She is currently the ...

SARAH ROBB O’HAGAN has been described as “Superwoman undercover” and the ...

LELSEY JANE SEYMOUR is a media entrepreneur and one of the industry’s most ...

EGYPT SHERROD is the host of HGTV’s all new “Flipping Virgins,” and the ...

Nina Tassler is an American television executive and author. She previously held such ...

Lynn D. Tinneyis vice president, Americas Channels for Riverbed Technology. Prior to ...

LAURA VANDERKAM is the author of several time management and productivity books, ...

BARB VLACICH is vice president, global sales operations with Kronos ...

ANNA VOREMBERG is the managing director for End Rape on Campus (EROC). She is a ...

CAROLINE WEBB is CEO of Sevenshift, a firm that shows people how to use insights from ...

WENDY WECKSELL is CEO of I Am That Girl, a global movement to transform self-doubt ...

NYRA BANNIS joined Shire Pharmaceuticals in September, 2010, where she currently ...

JENNIFER DAVIS is vice president of global communications with Dell. She joined Dell ...

JODI EUERLE EDDY is a senior vice president and the CIO for Boston Scientific, a ...

GWEN FISHER joined Shire in January 2012 and is currently head of U.S. commercial ...

LORI FONTAINE is vice president of clinical affairs at Hologic, Inc. and is ...

Julie Haskell is managing director, global inclusion and diversity with State Street ...

Jerome Katz is vice president, global service provider for Cisco Systems. He leads ...

RITA KENAHAN is senior manager of professional education for Johnson & Johnson ...

Joe Kowan is an assistant vice president and design director with State Street Global ...

SUSAN VISSERS LISA is vice president of investor relations at Boston Scientific ...

Katherine Lucas is managing director and head of marketing, North America with State ...

JAMILA PAYNE is the president and CEO of Ideas Action Design and creator, of Daily ...

LISA A. WYMAN is senior director and head of quality compliance and data analytics at ...

BELLA BOUTET is a social data storyteller, turning unstructured data into meaningful ...

COLLEEN BRADLEY-MacARTHUR has had a 15 year career in media, including broadcast, ...

BOBBIE CARLTON is founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and ...

MONICA COST is a Pathfinder, internet television host, author and speaker. Her unique ...

MERIDITH DENNES is a co-founder and the CEO of Project Eve LLC, a leading women’s ...

MARSHA HALPERIN EPSTEIN is president and founder of the American Nanny Company.  An ...

ANDREA C. IMAFIDON is a certified life and startup business coach and consultant, who ...

ADRIENNE LAVIDOR-BERMAN has been building online communities for over 15 years. ...

NICOLE WILLIAMS learned in her early life, that there is a connection between the job ...

RENEE CONNOLLY is the chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer and head of ...

LINDA PIZZUTI HENRY is the managing director at the The Boston Globe. She is a ...

MARIA STEPHANOS is an anchor, WCVB Channel 5 and The 10 O'Clock News on MeTV ...

KAREN HOLMES WARD is the director of public affairs and community services for ...

KIM DAWSON began her entrepreneurial life early, selling arts and crafts door-to-door ...

RITA NG is the founder and owner of Boston Bonbon, which she founded in late 2014 ...

KIT PANG is a public speaking coach, communication expert, TEDx and keynote speaker. ...

GWENN ROSENER is a co-founder of FlexProfessionals, a niche staffing and recruiting ...

CEYLAN ROWE is the founder of Trendy Napkin and the MetroWest commissioner for the ...

TIFFANIE STANARD is a technology influencer, speaker, media personality and serial ...

JEANNE UNION of Union Sales Presentation Coaching is an accomplished coach, ...